ABSTRACT

Several monuments erected in the mid-seventeenth century in Isfahan, Iran, demonstrate a glittering paint layer as wall decoration. Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) on the glittering paint layer showed flakes of muscovite (KAl₂(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂) scattered on gypsum plaster were responsible for the glittering effect. Accounts of several travellers and historical texts about a substance called talq match with the use of muscovite as a glittering pigment in Persia during the seventeenth century. Methods of preparation and possible source for muscovite in Iran are discussed. It is suggested that crushed muscovite was in use as pigment in Persia sometime around the mid-seventeenth century. It is also argued that the use of muscovite was a new experience related to mass building construction in the capital of the Safavids during the mid-seventeenth century.

摘要

十七世纪中叶在伊朗伊斯法罕竖立的几座纪念碑展示出闪闪发光的油漆层作为墙面装饰。拉曼光谱和扫描电子显微镜以及能量色散X射线光谱（SEM-EDS）在闪闪发光的油漆层上显示出白云母片（KAl ₂（AlSi ₃ O ₁₀）（OH）₂）散布在石膏灰泥上是造成这种现象的原因。闪闪发光的效果。几种旅行者的记述和有关一种叫做talq的物质的历史文献与17世纪波斯使用白云母作为闪闪发光的颜料相匹配。讨论了伊朗白云母的制备方法和可能的来源。建议在十七世纪中叶某个时候，波斯将碎白云母用作颜料。也有人认为，白云母的使用是十七世纪中叶萨法维德斯首府大规模建筑建造的新经验。